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Squilliam on 08 May 2009
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Lord N said:
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S.T.A.G.E. said:
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If you look at the games Sony has released thus far, say for the PS2 you can see that really they haven't got a clue as to how to make a game which appeals to a lot of people at once. On a console of over 100 million, the sheer lack of huge selling games is a testament to how badly they have done thus far in making or finding these games. Their performance this generation leaves me wondering if beyond the hardcore gamer they actually know how to make a game which appeals to a lot of people at once. Granted, Microsoft is only a little better here except they make up for it with their wallet.

 

Yeah, because every PS2 game released to a user base of over 100 million.

Seriously, when a console sells as much as the PS1 or PS2, it's quite hard to make a game that appeals to every gamer(or even close to it) because those gamers are of so many different demographics. Even with the DS and the Wii, their best selling, non-bundled titles will have only sold to 10-20% of their respective user bases.

Microsoft is better? Please. What game on a Microsoft console, first or third party, has ever sold more than ten million? Granted, games like Halo and Gears Of War had high attach rates, but that's because the Xbox and Xbox 360 install bases consist almost entirely of core and hardcore gamers and don't have the mass appeal of the PS1/PS2/Wii/DS, so if you make a core or hardcore game, it's obviously going to sell to a large chunk of the install base.

 

 

 

Look at Nintendos games as they approach 100M. They have more great selling games its just that. But most of the really top selling software on the PS2 was third party, this coming from a company which has 'a bigger 1st party than Microsoft/Nintendo combined'.

I only said marginally better for Microsoft. They seem to know how to win key demographics such as shooter fans with Gears, Halo, Bioshock timed exclusivity and the free exclusive Left 4 Dead which is on track to selling 4M units. Microsoft got for free what a massive development effort on the PS3 couldn't deliver if you compare either RFOM 2 or KZ2 to Left 4 Dead. Also wasn't Oblivion timed exclusivity a kick in the pants for Sony at a time when they desperately needed games?

 



Tease.